WE TAKE THE MOST POWERFUL V8 FERRARI EVER FOR A TEST
DRIVE, WHICH IS PART THRILLING AND PART TERRIFYING.
THE 488 PISTA IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR V8 LOVERS.WORDS • ANDREW CHESTERTONhat our motoring future will be electrified is pretty much guaranteed at this point. The two-punch
combination of soaring petrol prices and ever-stricter global emissions regulations ensures the roads
of tomorrow will be jam-packed with vehicles that produce naught but the gentle chirping of a car from
The Jetsons, and will tug at your emotions with all the conviction of a kitten gently batting yarn.
Ferrari owners, of course, care little about petrol prices, and the concept of overt regulation remains
a hilariously foreign one in Italy. Because when you strap into the new 488 Pista (and you literally do strap
in; overseas models are equipped with a race-ready four-point harness that secures you to the seat with
such enthusiasm they could be used as props in the next Fifty Shades of Grey movie), tomorrow suddenly
seems an awfully long way away.
This car is to electric vehicles what a Texas barbecue joint is to vegans – a snapping, snarling, perennially
loud and always angry supercar that doesn’t so much ignite the senses as set off a bomb in the part of your
brain used to measure speed. It’s electrifying, sure, just in a different way. »